playing mid file from laptop through usb to midi cable pa800

music000man · Post by **music000man** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:36 pm

HI I purchased a midi to usb cable... one end has two midi connectors and the other a usb connection... The goal is to play midi files from my laptop using my korg pa800's sound module. Does anyone have the procedure on how to this up? I have still yet to figure out how to do this...

Thanks

siebenhirter · Post by **siebenhirter** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 9:07 pm

music000man wrote: .. goal is to play midi files from my laptop using my korg pa800's sound module..

Connect two connectors (DIN-5pin) of your USB-cable to Midi-IN-OUT (Din-5pin) of your Pa800 (USB-cable-Midi-In to Pa800-Midi-Out, USB-cable-Midi-Out to Pa800-Midi-In).

Connect USB-connector of USB-Midi-Cable to your Laptop. Use settings of your Laptop-software (sequencer, midiplayer) to select your PA-Keyboard as MIDI-Device to be used for playback. Use Midi-In-settings of your Pa-Keyboard for assignment of Midi-Channels you want to use for playback.

music000man · Post by **music000man** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 10:05 pm

Wow that was a quick response. I might be missing something.. I am trying to use vanbusco midi player on my laptop there is no option for my pa800... I want to play a miidi file with lyrics from the laptop. Should I be using a different software?\
Tks

siebenhirter · Post by **siebenhirter** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 10:41 pm

music000man wrote: Should I be using a different software?

Do not use different software - VanBasco is really good for your needs.

In VanBasco click to the lefttop icon (or use Alt + S) to find setting of MIDI-Output. Here you shoud see all your Mididevices similar Midi-Mapper, Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth etc and also you should see you USB-Midi-Cable (maybe any Name of a noname brand or Pa800) if it was connected between active Pa800 and Laptop before you started VanBasco-Player.
(I do not know if VanBasco will recognize USB-Midi-Cable if connected Pa-Keyboard was "off" - maybe yes/no, simple try it).

If you can not see a Name of your USB-Midi-Cable something is not ok with drivers of that cable (in to out, out to in) or with recognition of USB-devices of your laptop. As soon as Usb-Device is recognized select it as Midi-Out-Device and use VanBasco to play your Midifiles and see your lyrics if you click Karaoke-Button.

music000man · Post by **music000man** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 4:18 am

Thank you very much... There were two problems one I had to reload the vanbusco software choose the usba output and two.. I had the cables mixed it is workinfg for me now. I thought I had to use the korg windows driver which caused me much confusion.. Thank you again. your awesome

music000man · Post by **music000man** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 4:19 am

Thank you very much... There were two problems one I had to reload the vanbusco software choose the usba output and two.. I had the cables mixed it is workinfg for me now. I thought I had to use the korg windows driver which caused me much confusion.. Thank you again. your awesome

ginol96 · Post by **ginol96** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 10:09 am

Why you use USB- MIDI cable? Pa800 has USB port that you can connect direct to laptop. But you have install midi driver.
Some Midi programs needs to set midi out on system.

siebenhirter · Post by **siebenhirter** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 6:57 pm

ginol96 wrote:Why you use USB- MIDI cable? Pa800 has USB port that you can connect direct

Connecting USB direct sometimes cause problems especially with sysexs like sysex-headers of korg-specific SMFs, wheras with same data USB-MIDI-cable do not cause problems. So it is recommended better to use available USB-Midi-cable for transmission of Midi-Data.

In songmode unfilter sysex and try to send following sysex via USB to your Pa800:
F0 42 7F 60 00 01 00 10 00 00 00 00 01 00 20 02 7F 03 01 04 24 05 00 5A F7
Now equalizer-settings of track1 should be: low-0, 5db, mid +0.5, high +18.0 db.
If you get no result, try to send same sysex via USB-Midi-5pin-Din-cable - you will get equalizer-settings for track1 as mentioned above (or you did not send correct)

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